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Possible utility rate increases on the horizon

Update: Response from the city's Communications Office: "I wanted to provide some information after reading the article about potential utility rate increases. It's important to note that if the commercial paper option (the second option) is chosen by Council, utility rates will not ...

10 arrested following two-year investigation into ‘brothels’

A two-year long investigation called Operation Red Light has resulted in 10 arrests in connection to alleged brothels in Cape Coral and Fort Myers. The Southwest Florida Inter-Agency Child Exploitation and Persons Trafficking Task Force known as INTERCEPT announced the results of an operation ...

Tropicana Park decision may sink Cape rowing club

With a tie vote on a license agreement that would have allowed the Cape Coral Rowing Club to use Tropicana Park as its base, the club will soon have no home. Those who voted in favor of the resolution, which called for a 10-year agreement with the option to renew for three additional ...

Cape Coral’s first shopping center up for sale

The very first shopping plaza in Cape Coral’s history is up for sale.  Big John’s Plaza, which provided early Cape residents with their very own grocery store in the then-fledgling town has hit the market, being sold by owner Elmer Tabor.  An iconic location in the city’s history, ...

Museum fundraiser set for Saturday

An annual event filled with live entertainment, good eats, and a myriad of selections from breweries across the Sunshine State takes place this weekend in Cape Coral. The fourth annual Brew Fest at Cultural Park is set for April 18 from 1 to 5 p.m., and is put on by the Cape Coral Museum of ...

Free LeeTran bus rides Monday

LeeTran – Lee County Transit – will again offer free rides on all fixed-route buses for Try Transit Day on Earth Day, Monday. LeeTran Director Dominic Gemelli said Try Transit Day has been an annual event for more than five years. “LeeTran’s annual ridership averages approximately ...